%0 Journal Article
%T Within and Inter
%A Melanie-Angela Neuilly
%A Ming-Li Hsieh
%J Journal of Interpersonal Violence
%@ 1552-6518
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0886260516647006
%X This study seeks to establish whether medico-legal practitioners differ in their autopsy conclusions within and across medico-legal institutions. Data include 459 violent deaths (homicides, suicides, and accidents) autopsy reports written by more than 20 death certifiers from four medico-legal institutions in two countries (France and the United States). Multinomial models show that compared with accidental deaths, weapon use and decedents¡¯ characteristics both influence a homicide verdict, but not a suicide one. In addition, French practitioners are more likely than Americans to reach a conclusion of homicide or suicide compared with accident, and homicides are more likely to be certified by male practitioners
%K mortality statistics
%K violent deaths
%K death certifiers
%K international comparison
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0886260516647006